Tony BennI am a public library352Humor
Tony BennI have had the advantage of a radical Christian upbringing341Humor
Tony BennI think the truth is that the Labour Party isn't believed any more because people suspect it will say anything to get votes. The rebuilding of some radical alternatives to Thatche… ▶352HumanityThoughtTruth
Tony BennIt is wholly wrong to blame Marx for what was done in his name, as it is to blame Jesus for what was done in his ✨ In Alan Freeman The Benn Heresy (1982) p. 172341Life
Tony BennI did not enter the Labour Party 47 years ago to have our manifesto written by Dr Mori, Dr Gallup and Mr Harris353Truth
Tony BennMarxism is now a world faith and must be allowed to enter into a continuous dialogue with other world faiths, including religious faiths353Hope
Tony BennI am not a reluctant peer but a persistent commoner331Humor
Tony BennWell, it all began with Democracy. Before we had the vote all the power was in the hands of rich people. If you had money you could get health care, education, look after yourself… ▶321HumanityPolitics
Tony BennI think Mrs Thatcher did more damage to democracy, equality, internationalism, civil liberties, freedom in this country than any other Prime Minister this century. When the euphor… ▶332HumanityThoughtTime
Tony BennI think there are two ways in which people are controlled - first of all frighten people and secondly demoralize them. ✨ Sicko. Documentary, Drama, www.imdb.com. 2007.377HumanityThought
Tony BennBritain's continuing membership of the Community would mean the end of Britain as a completely self-governing nation... ✨ The Common Market: Loss of Self-Government. Book by… ▶333PoliticsReading
Tony BennUndoubtedly the war with Iraq was a tragedy. I think it was also a crime.345Thought
Tony BennIf I rescued a child from drowning, the press would no doubt headline the story: 'Benn grabs child378Hope
Tony BennThe Labour party has never been a socialist party, although there have always been socialists in it - a bit like Christians in the Church of England.302Life
Tony BennThe Marxist analysis has got nothing to do with what happened in Stalin's Russia: it's like blaming Jesus Christ for the Inquisition in Spain.324Sadness
Tony BennI've made every mistake - but mistakes are how you learn.379Hope
Tony BennIf one meets a powerful person - Adolf Hitler, Joe Stalin or Bill Gates - ask them five questions: 'What power have you got? Where did you get it from? In whose interests do you e… ▶347HumanityPolitics
Tony BennDemocracy is not just voting every 5 years and watching 'Big Brother' in between and wondering why nothing happens. Democracy is what we do and say where we live and work3710Politics
Tony BennWhen I saw how the European Union was developing, it was very obvious what they had in mind was not democratic. In Britain, you vote for a government so the government has to list… ▶336PoliticsThought
Tony BennAll war represents a failure of diplomacy. ✨ Tony Benn's Speech in House of Commons, hansard.millbanksystems.com. February 28, 1991.281Time
Tony BennThe flag of racialism which has been hoisted in Wolverhampton is beginning to look like the one that fluttered 25 years ago over Dachau and Belsen. ✨ Onslaught on Powell by … ▶293HumorTime
Tony BennWe used to have a War Office, but now we have a Ministry of Defence, nuclear bombs are now described as deterrents, innocent civilians killed in war are now described as collatera… ▶304Death
Tony BennI am on the right wing of the middle of the road and with a strong radical bias.315Time
Tony BennIf you file your waste-paper basket for fifty years, you have a public library.348Sadness
Tony BennParliamentary democracy is, in truth, little more than a means of securing a periodical change in the management team, which is then allowed to preside over a system that remains … ▶316HumanityPoliticsTruth
Tony BennChange from below, the formulation of demands from the populace to end unacceptable injustice, supported by direct action, has played a far larger part in shaping British democrac… ▶294HumanityPolitics
Tony BennAn educated, healthy and confident nation is harder to govern. ✨ Sicko. Documentary, Drama, www.imdb.com. 2007.283Humor
Tony BennChoice depends on the freedom to choose and if you are shackled with debt you don't have the freedom to choose. ✨ Sicko. Documentary, Drama, 2007.294Humor
Tony BennI now want more time to devote to politics and more freedom to do so. ✨ Benn retires to spend more time with his politics. The Independent Newspaper, June 28, 1999.305PoliticsTime
Tony BennThe crisis that we inherit when we come to power will be the occasion for fundamental change and not the excuse for postponing it ✨ Tony Benn, Joan Bodington (1974). Speeche… ▶327Politics
